Railroad signal-fusee



Patented Jan. l0, I899.

H. m. WARNER. RAILROAD SIGNAL FUSEE.

-Applicntion filed July 18. 1898.

QND Modem UNITED STATES PATENT GEETEE.

HARRY MARTINE \VARNER, OF SOMERVILLE, 1\.[AS SAOIIUSETTS.

RAILROAD SlG NAL-FUSEE.

. sPE neeternatefir No: 61 713 u, dated January 10, 186s Applicationfiled July 18,1898. Serial No. 686,303. '(No model) at Somerville, inthe county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have inventedacertain new and useful Improvement in Railroad Signal-Fusees, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in signal-fusees; and it consistsof a fusee having the construction hereinafter described in thefollowing specification.

Accompanying this specification, to form a part of it, there is a sheetof drawings containing six (6) figures illustrating my invention, withthe same designation of parts by letter used in all of them.

The object of my invention is to produce a fuses which can be thrownfrom railroadtrains while'in motion, and that will stand erect withoutplacing the employees in danger while throwing same.

Of the illustrations, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved fuseeready for carrying purposes, with a part longitudinal section throughthe point or balanced end. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section showing themanner of placing the steadying attachment at top of fusee. The solidlines show the steadying attachment when opened for use with braces insame, while the dotted lines show the manner in which the same is rolledaround fusee when not in use. Fig. 3 shows thebrace which is placed inthe steadying attachment. The braces are shown in different positions.

- Fig. 4 shows side elevation of fusee with which is made of metal,preferably cast-iron.

D is a steel spike (of any desired length) placed in the end of C, asshown, and then C is filled with liquid metal E and allowed to harden.Forthis purpose lead or Babbitt metal is best. The idea of thisconstruction is to make the balance-weight as heavy as possible tocounterbalance the illuminating material B, which is very heavy.

F represents the steadying attachment,

which is made to roll up, so it can be easily carried in the leastpossible space.

When the fusee is to be used, the attachment is unrolled and held in anopen posi-l tion by a piece of metal or some other suit 6Q able materialI. F is made of stiff. paper or other suitable material and folded asshown in the drawings and fastened to fusee with glue and wire K, asshown, or by whatever other means better suited. I

II represents a paper ferrule made to hold the attachment F in placewhen rolled up G is a plug in the end of II to protect t e fusee frombeing lighted by accident.

IIavin g thus described myrinventionwhat 1 claim, and desireto secure byLetters Patmaterial, having stiffening-strips which hold the wings inadjusted position.

3. A steadyingdevice comprising a tubular body adapted. to fit thefuses-body, wings integral with said tubular body and adapted to rollclosely around said fuses-body, and stiffening devices for said wingscomposed of a flexible, inelastic collar having projections or prongsstruck therefrom adapted-to hold said wings in adjusted position.

4. A balance-weight for a f usee, comprising a metallic casing, a headedspike projecting through said casing, a filling disposed in said casingover said headed spike, said filling serving to retain the spike inposition and to'give additional weight to said casing, and I means forattaching said casing to the fusee. In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

II. MARTINE WARNER Witnesses:

BENJAMIN F.1GOODNOUGH, CHARLES M. ADAMS.

